April 2016

The eighth annual Catsino event to benefit the Furry Faces Foundation held at Beveridge Place Pub in the Morgan Junction on Sunday April 3 raised more than $4700, a new record said Executive Director Teri Ensley. The event featured Las Vegas style games in a benefit format.

Ensley thanked Hotwire Coffeehouse, The Savage Joyce Catering Company,Olympic Printing, and Pet Elements for their contributions to the event.

TABLE ADOPTERS:

• The Beer Junction
• Two Beers Brewing Co.
• The Wash Dog
• West Seattle Herald
• Conscious Choice Chiropractor
• Big Al’s Brewing
• Ventana Construction
• Georgetown Brewing Company
• Stay! Dog Boarding
• Community Cat Coalition (CCC)
• Animal Aid & Rescue Foundation ((A.A.R.F)
• Regional Animal Services Of King County (RASKC)

Easley said, "We are lucky to have such a supportive business and neighborhood community. Catsino Silent Auction is only made possible by the fact that:

By Amanda Knox

In middle school I was instructed on how to construct a physical timeline of my life so far using beads, shells, trinkets, and yarn. On one end of a single line of yarn I knotted a great, glassy, purple bead that represented my birth. A couple inches down the line I knotted a similar, pink bead that represented the birth of my sister, Deanna. A few more inches down, a small, plastic, blue bead designated my first day of kindergarten. And so on.

It was up to me to decide what happenings in my life deserved recognition. For instance, I didn’t mark my parents’ divorce—with a dramatic black feather, say—because I had no memory of their marriage, and it in no way seemed relevant to my life. I did mark—with a gold-colored charm-bracelet star—the miraculous goal I kicked all the way from the half-line when I was twelve. Only some inches past that, the line dangled bare—my future.

By Pat Cashman

After the old man ordered him to get out of the house and land a job, my brother Sean headed down to a nearby grocery store---found the manager---and asked him, “Hey, you guys ain’t got no jobs down here, do ya?”

It wasn’t just his use of a double negative that kept him from being hired that day.
Of course a kid can be forgiven for awkwardness in job-seeking skills---but the truth is it really never gets easier the older we get. It may be why so few 90-year olds are being hired as video game developers. After all, there are few more nerve-rattling, sweat-inducing, heart palpitating ordeals in life than seeking employment.

That’s why this week’s column is being offered: It presents job interviewing tips to anyone trying to get hired: Whether it be at Amazon---or in the Amazon; interviewing at the International Harvester Company---or the International House of Pancakes; trying to get hired at Albertsons---or by Albert’s son.

Here are ten tips that may not get you hired, but may help you from being arrested.

Armed robbery at Ballard bank
Seattle Police are investigating after an armed robbery occurred at a bank located on the 5600 block of 15th Avenue N.W. on March 17. A bank teller told police that a man entered the bank and went to the counter. He had his hand in his jacket and told the teller he had a gun. He demanded cash. The bank teller handed over the cash, and the man fled. Bank tellers said they would be able to identify the man if they saw him again. The estimated loss was $2,000.

Doggie-door burglar makes off with goods
Seattle Police are searching for a suspect after a home located on the 6500 block of Jones Avenue N.W. was burglarized on March 24. The complainant told police that she left for the day and returned to find her home rifled through. She found the front and back doors open. Police observed that the back door had a doggie-door installed that a human could fit through. The door was unlocked. Police suspect that that was the point of entry. There was no damage to the doors. No fingerprints were found. The estimated loss was $56.

Firefighter lock box ripped off

The Seattle Public Library will offer drop-in, individualized help for job seekers from 10 a.m. to noon on Fridays, April 8 and April 22 at the Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W., 206-684-4089.

The Library has partnered with WorkSource Seattle-King County and the Ballard Food Bank to connect job seekers with job resources based on each person's needs. One-on-one sessions are available.

For more information, call the Library at 206-684-4089 or Ask A Librarian.

information from Seattle Lutheran High School

The Seattle Lutheran High School Robotics Team, Team SeaBot, qualified for the District Robotics Championships at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon April 6-9.

The team qualified with a rank of 46 out of 158 teams in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. After the top 64 Teams compete in Portland, 30 of those teams will qualify for the FIRST Robotics Championship in St. Louis, MO April 27-30. The St. Louis competition includes teams from across the U.S. and around the world.

For more information visit: http://firstwa.org/Home/ctl/Details/Mid/4151/ItemID/753

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

Saturday, April 2
Track and field
Bill Harris Invitational
West Seattle, Chief Sealth and Kennedy Catholic all competed in Saturday's Bill Harris Invitational at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.
West Seattle took sixth in the boys team competition with 53 points, while Chief Sealth came in 14th with five and Kennedy 15th with four.
Kennedy snagged sixth on the girls side with 47 points, Chief Sealth seventh with 45 and West Seattle eighth with 44.
Chaaka Trahan of West Seattle won the boys 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.78 seconds and the 300 intermediate hurdles in 40.91.
Assa Kaba of Chief Sealth won the girls 100-meter dash in 12.46 and Lani Taylor of West Seattle took the 400 in 56.41.
Natalie Fuller took the triple jump for West Seattle at 35 feet, 7.25 inches and Kennedy's Alyssa Hoffman won the 100 hurdles in 16.21.
Kaba combined with Chloe Meyers, Jessica Nelson and Quinn Wiley to win the 400-meter relay for Chief Sealth in 50.39.

Boys soccer
Seattle Prep 5, Foster 3

By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

High schools
Baseball
West Seattle will visit Garfield for a 3:30 p.m. game Wednesday and at 4 p.m. Chief Sealth is at home playing Roosevelt as Mount Rainier travels to Decatur and Seattle Christian hosts Charles Wright.
Mount Rainier turns around to host Decatur at 4 p.m. Thursday as Foster entertains Sammamish and Seattle Lutheran goes on the road to play Evergreen Lutheran.
West Seattle hosts Garfield at 3:30 p.m. Friday with Chief Sealth going to Roosevelt and Saturday Kennedy is home against Interlake at 11 a.m.
Monday's schedule has Chief Sealth at Rainier Beach at 3:30 p.m., Seattle Lutheran at Quilcene at 3:45 p.m. and West Seattle at Ingraham at 4 p.m., then Seattle Christian visits Bellevue Christian at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Fastpitch softball
Chief Sealth gets a 4 p.m. visit from Seattle Prep on Wednesday as West Seattle goes to Nathan Hale. Mount Rainier travels to Kentlake at 7 p.m.

information from King County Sheriff

A 66 year old Burien man is in custody after firing at police during a lengthy standoff. The incident started just after 10pm last night at a house in the 1200 block of SW14rd St. A woman called police and said her brother was acting strange and fired a gun in the house.

As the woman was on the phone with 911, the call receiver heard more shots being fired in the background. Deputies responded to the scene and the woman was able to safely exit the house. While deputies were outside of the house they heard another shot.

TAC30 (SWAT) and negotiators arrived and attempted to make contact with the man on the telephone but there was no response. Around 1230am a “flash-bang” device was sent into the house and there was no response from inside.

Believing the man may have committed suicide TAC30 entered the house just after 1:30am. As they searched the house the man yelled at deputies from a back bedroom. A negotiator tried to talk the man into giving up but the man fired numerous shots through the bedroom door and walls, nearly striking TAC30 members.

The Burien City Council in a 5-2 vote Monday night approved a measure that allows the city to remove junk cars from private property.

The Highline Times news partner Q13Fox News reported:

"Often times, these are vehicles that a common person would see as not able to be operated in a safe manner,” said Burien City Manager Kamuron Gurol. “They may be up on blocks, missing wheels, missing rear view mirrors, broken glass, those kinds of things."

In most cases, Gurol says, neighbors file a complaint about the junk cars to code enforcement. The city issues warnings and works with the owners to solve the problem. Gurol said removing the vehicles is another tool to help clean up the neighborhoods.

“People are given lots of time and lots of steps to accomplish that. This is only in the rare case where those steps have unfortunately not worked,” said Gurol.

Currently, the city has 14 open complaint cases involving junk vehicles.